Man struck dead in Brooklyn hit and run as he changed a tire on his car

Police suspect this van, foiund at the corner of Emmons Ave. and Coyle St. in Sheepshead Bay, was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a man a few blocks away on Shore Parkway and E. 28th St. on Saturday. (Bruce Cotler for New York Daily News)

A man fixing a flat tire on a Brooklyn street was struck and killed in a hit-and-run Saturday night, cops said.

The 65-year-old victim was changing the tire just before 7 p.m. on Shore Parkway and E. 28th St. in Sheepshead Bay when a white Toyota minivan hit him and drove off, police said.

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Anthony Hernandez, 26, left his nearby home to check out the crash and saw EMS workers trying to save the doomed man.

“I’ve never seen a man having CPR done on him like that,” said Hernandez. “That shook me up. I couldn’t believe what I saw. I feel so bad for him. Rest his soul.”

The man was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Cops found the minivan about a half-mile from the scene, at Emmons Ave. and Coyle St. No one was in the car.

Earlier Saturday, 89-year-old Beatrice Kahn was killed when a car struck her in the Bronx.

Kahn, of Yonkers, was crossing Riverdale Ave. from west to east near West 263rd St. in Riverdale when she was struck by a SUV driven by a 35-year-old woman.

Kahn was declared dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. The motorist stayed at the scene.

The NYPD’s collision investigation squad is looking into both crashes, and police have not arrested anyone in either case.